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 TomB
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Sherri Said: This was fun!
How about another thread using our own photos! Wouldn't be a prize tho!
What do ya think?

The prize is one day at this beach at your own expense

I think this one is pretty easy

 
Posted : January 2, 2009 12:03 pm
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On Island Time - great picture, was a little tricky being a night shot. You gave it away to quickly. 😛 Was trying to find a picture from about the same spot but during the day to see if anyone would get it then. And on the other picture, Joe's Beach Bar & Heidis is on Honeymoon Beach, Water Island.

Sherri - I've not been into Beacon's Point, stopped a couple times to look from the pyramid thing but not been inside.

MargyZ - Don't know about geology either but your guess about the rocks sounds good. Recently read a short article about geological history in the VI. There were a few pictures, one of which was a brownish cliff face which the author used to illustrate geometric lines that is believed to reveal original lava flows.

Chris - your beach picture... maybe Gibney on St. John?

--Islander

 
Posted : January 11, 2009 4:29 pm
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Sorry Islander, right island though.

 
Posted : January 11, 2009 10:54 pm
 TomB
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Chris is that the BVI in the background
So maybe Francis Bay... or do I still need to go more east?

 
Posted : January 12, 2009 5:18 pm
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Well here's another night shot, I won't give it up to quickly this time :-X

 
Posted : January 12, 2009 8:39 pm
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Go West young man

 
Posted : January 14, 2009 8:01 am
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Here's another from me! Shouldn't be too difficult.

On Island time,
You got me once again!

 
Posted : January 14, 2009 8:47 am
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Sherri,

Could that be Magens Bay?

 
Posted : January 14, 2009 8:56 pm
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On Island Time,
You got it! Taken from Peterborg Rd.!

 
Posted : January 15, 2009 7:29 am
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Ok,
This one should be a bit more difficult for some!

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On Island Time,
Any hints?

 
Posted : January 15, 2009 7:58 am
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Chris... how about Honeymoon Beach?

On Island Time - that's a tough one. I thought Sapphire Marina but then thought no doesn't look right... American Yacht Harbor... no doesn't look quite right either... so my guess... It's a boat dock! 😀 Good job on Sherri's photo of Magens!

--Islander

 
Posted : January 15, 2009 6:02 pm
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Sherri, is that the Caves?

 
Posted : January 15, 2009 8:49 pm
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Islander you got it it's a boat dock hmmm *-)

OK here's hint #1: You would have this view sitting at a table by the railing, enjoying a great home style meal.

 
Posted : January 15, 2009 8:52 pm
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Hey Connie,
It's a cave, but just where is it?

On Island Time,
I'm guessing your picture is on STJ? Islander, hey you are getting close! 😀

 
Posted : January 16, 2009 8:08 am
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Islander

Spot on

 
Posted : January 16, 2009 8:27 am
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Chris at Work,
Honeymoon? I had confused your post with On Island Times pick!
Glad to know that spot on was not Islanders guess for the boat dock! lol!

 
Posted : January 16, 2009 8:37 am
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Sherri...not STJ :S it's on STT.

Hint #2...the East End.

 
Posted : January 16, 2009 9:11 pm
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On Island Time, Is it Independent Boat Yard?

--Islander

 
Posted : January 16, 2009 10:31 pm
 TomB
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Island Time
is the dock over by lattitude 18? If I remember they had a very small area to tie up mostly dinghys
The larger boats confuse me

 
Posted : January 17, 2009 1:21 am
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I know the location is easy to guess, but I am going to alter the rules on this one. I would like to know the name of this ship, and I do have the date it happened - so I propose guess the name and the date:

 
Posted : January 17, 2009 3:09 pm
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This is just a wild guess:
Late in the afternoon of March 30, 1979, the cruise ship Angelina Lauro and other ships at the St. Thomas cruise ship dock were awaiting for their passengers to come back on board so that they could set off to their next Caribbean destination. However, somewhere in the ship's galley a small fire erupted and, with much of the crew still ashore, the fire began to spread. Within minutes, smoke was billow out of portholes in the ship's lower decks. Local firefighters responded almost immediately, but they were ill-prepared or equipped to fight a fire inside an ocean-going vessel like the Angelina Lauro. Despite their best efforts, the fire raged on all through the night and, by the following morning, the ship had taken on enough water for it to settle, leaning to one side, on the shallow bottom of the harbor. Luckily, no one was injured in the fire and the ship's passengers and crew were airlifted back to the ship's homeport in Miami. The saga of the Angelina Lauro did not end there, however. Many months later, the ship's owners arranged for a salvage company to refloat the ship and tow her to Japan, where she was to be sold for scrap metal. However, somewhere near Hawaii, enroute to Japan, the hulk of the Angelina Lauro encountered a Pacific storm and sank. She still rests somewhere at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

 
Posted : January 17, 2009 3:25 pm
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